Saturday, October 02, 2010

Bus Report #552

Thursday evening I caught a crowded 38 Geary bus and sat down next to a mountain of a man, who was reading a self-help book in Spanish. His hands almost completely obscured the title, but it was "something something tu deseas". Four chatty, older folks sat in front of us. I didn't pay them much attention.They got off the bus and immediately, an old man sitting across from us got up and started yelling, "Hey! Hey!" to them, and pointing to their seat. The people didn't hear the man, and the driver started to pull out of the stop. The old man was still yelling, so I stood up to look at where they had been sitting. I saw that they had left their groceries on the bus. I knocked on the window to get their attention, while several other people told the driver to stop the bus. I finally got their attention (acting crazy and banging on windows seemed to do the trick) and one of the men hopped back on board for his groceries.By now, the old man had sat back down. I said, "That was a close call, huh?"He nodded.

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Cast of MUNI Characters

Carmen
Ebony
The Dreadlocked Dental Technician
The older nurse
The makeup slatherer (Michele)
Nikolas (formerly Nicolai)
The man with the lavender crushed faux leather hat
The red-headed Chef (AKA the Original Chef)
The handsome South Asian Chef
Emiliano
Beantown (BT)
The Depressed CCA Student
British-Look Guy (Occasionally accompanied by his friend with the glasses)
More teens than you can shake a stick at
The Roche Bobois guy
Jason, the original headphones guy
Ben, the second headphones guy
QSAM (Quit Staring At Me)
The man who looks familiar from the back
Ramon

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Large Items That Ride MUNI

A rolled up rug
The round part of a Papasan chair
An amazing chair
A small and compact grafittied TV set
A large living room speaker, walnut veneer
A kitchen chair
A fully realized pressboard desk, with oak veneer
An end table, white, with painted on roses
Christmas trees of all shapes and sizes, mostly around Christmas
A lawnmower
A five foot long pine bench
A party tub with faux rope handles, holding something potentially creepy in a black plastic trash bag
A very tall halogen lamp